The City Ground

SEASON: 2016-17

Prev Season: 2015-16
This Season: 2016-17
Next Season: 2017-18

DIVISION:: Football League Championship (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Phillipe Montanier, Gary Brazil (2), Mark Warburton
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Wigan Athletic (A) 0-2)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (Arsenal (H) 0-4)
Player Of The Year:: Eric Lichaj

Top Goalscorer:: Britt Assombalonga (14 goals)

When goals were scored and conceded

	First Half					Second Half
Time:	0-10 mins	10-20 mins	20-30 mins	30-40 mins	40-45 mins	45-50 mins	50-60 mins	60-70 mins	70-80 mins	80-90 mins
Num goals scored	4	3	5	7	4	5	7	8	6	17
Num goals conceded	1					2	3	1		2

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	14 times	12 times	5 times	2 times	1 time
Conceded	16 times	17 times	7 times	1 time	1 time
Won By	8 times	5 times	3 times
Lost By	15 times	6 times	2 times	2 times

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 28,249
Lowest League Attendance:: 15,770
Average League Attendance:: 20,333
Highest Cup Attendance:: 28,567
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 28,567

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 8
Red cards:: 9
Yellow cards:: 95
Penalties scored:: 4
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 3
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

CHAMPIONSHIP (Tier 2)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Newcastle United	46	29	7	10	85	40	15	3	5	49	23	14	4	5	36	17	45	94		2-1	1-3
2	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	28	9	9	74	40	17	3	3	46	14	11	6	6	28	26	34	93		3-0	0-3
3	Reading	46	26	7	13	68	64	16	5	2	35	16	10	2	11	33	48	4	85		3-2	0-2
4	Sheffield Wednesday	46	24	9	13	60	45	15	2	6	36	22	9	7	7	24	23	15	81		1-2	1-2
5	Huddersfield Town	46	25	6	15	56	58	15	2	6	34	26	10	4	9	22	32	-2	81		2-0	1-2
6	Fulham	46	22	14	10	85	57	10	8	5	45	32	12	6	5	40	25	28	80		1-1	2-3
7	Leeds United	46	22	9	15	61	47	14	4	5	32	16	8	5	10	29	31	14	75		3-1	0-2
8	Norwich City	46	20	10	16	85	69	15	4	4	55	22	5	6	12	30	47	16	70		1-2	1-5
9	Derby County	46	18	13	15	54	50	11	8	4	33	20	7	5	11	21	30	4	67		2-2	0-3
10	Brentford	46	18	10	18	75	65	11	5	7	42	25	7	5	11	33	40	10	64		2-3	0-1
11	Preston North End	46	16	14	16	64	63	11	6	6	40	26	5	8	10	24	37	1	62		1-1	1-1
12	Cardiff City	46	17	11	18	60	61	11	4	8	31	26	6	7	10	29	35	-1	62		1-2	0-1
13	Aston Villa	46	16	14	16	47	48	12	8	3	33	20	4	6	13	14	28	-1	62		2-1	2-2
14	Barnsley	46	15	13	18	64	67	6	11	6	32	33	9	2	12	32	34	-3	58		0-1	5-2
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	16	10	20	54	58	8	4	11	25	30	8	6	9	29	28	-4	58		0-2	0-1
16	Ipswich Town	46	13	16	17	48	58	8	10	5	30	24	5	6	12	18	34	-10	55		3-0	2-0
17	Bristol City	46	15	9	22	60	66	11	4	8	33	26	4	5	14	27	40	-6	54		1-0	1-2
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	8	23	52	66	9	4	10	30	32	6	4	13	22	34	-14	53		1-1	0-2
19	Birmingham City	46	13	14	19	45	64	8	5	10	25	31	5	9	9	20	33	-19	53		3-1	0-0
20	Burton Albion	46	13	13	20	49	63	9	4	10	28	30	4	9	10	21	33	-14	52		4-3	0-1
21	Nottingham Forest	46	14	9	23	62	72	12	4	7	42	30	2	5	16	20	42	-10	51
22	Blackburn Rovers	46	12	15	19	53	65	8	8	7	29	30	4	7	12	24	35	-12	51	Relegated	0-1	1-2
23	Wigan Athletic	46	10	12	24	40	57	5	8	10	19	26	5	4	14	21	31	-17	42	Relegated	4-3	0-0
24	Rotherham United	46	5	8	33	40	98	5	6	12	23	34	0	2	21	17	64	-58	23	Relegated	2-0	2-2

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 06, 2016	Burton Albion	H	4-3	Win	23,012	3	Assombalonga (23, 77), Lam (45), Burke (49)
3	Fri Aug 12, 2016	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	0-3	Loss	25,748	10
2	Tue Aug 16, 2016	Brentford	A	0-1	Loss	10,004	18
4	Sat Aug 20, 2016	Wigan Athletic	H	4-3	Win	17,750	11	Assombalonga (6), Burke (53, 78), Lam (90)
5	Sat Aug 27, 2016	Leeds United	H	3-1	Win	20,995	7	Kasami (16), Perquis (71), Burke (90)
6	Sun Sep 11, 2016	Aston Villa	A	2-2	Draw	30,619	10	Vellios (57), Lansbury (87)
7	Wed Sep 14, 2016	Rotherham United	A	2-2	Draw	10,243	10	Mills (76), Vellios (85)
8	Sat Sep 17, 2016	Norwich City	H	1-2	Loss	20,323	13	Vellios (40)
9	Sat Sep 24, 2016	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	27,350	15	Lansbury (35)
10	Tue Sep 27, 2016	Fulham	H	1-1	Draw	17,388	15	Nicklas Bendtner (60)
11	Sat Oct 01, 2016	Bristol City	A	1-2	Loss	18,922	18	Vellios (33)
12	Fri Oct 14, 2016	Birmingham City	H	3-1	Win	19,208	13	Lichaj (33), Vellios (63), Pereira (83)
13	Tue Oct 18, 2016	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	Loss	10,462	16	Perquis (90)
14	Sat Oct 22, 2016	Cardiff City	H	1-2	Loss	16,539	19	Lansbury (90 pen)
15	Sat Oct 29, 2016	Reading	A	0-2	Loss	17,093	20
16	Sat Nov 05, 2016	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-1	Draw	20,043	20	Assombalonga (38)
17	Sat Nov 19, 2016	Ipswich Town	A	2-0	Win	15,417	18	Assombalonga (1, 44)
18	Fri Nov 25, 2016	Barnsley	A	5-2	Win	13,180	16	Lansbury (13, 45, 82), Vellios (24), Osborn (63)
19	Fri Dec 02, 2016	Newcastle United	H	2-1	Win	21,317	13	Nicklas Bendtner (52), Lascelles (86 OG)
20	Sun Dec 11, 2016	Derby County	A	0-3	Loss	32,600	16
21	Wed Dec 14, 2016	Preston North End	H	1-1	Draw	15,864	16	Maxwell (68 OG)
22	Sat Dec 17, 2016	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-2	Loss	19,037	17
23	Mon Dec 26, 2016	Huddersfield Town	A	1-2	Loss	22,100	18	Pereira (25)
24	Fri Dec 30, 2016	Newcastle United	A	1-3	Loss	52,228	18	Dumitru (29)
25	Mon Jan 02, 2017	Barnsley	H	0-1	Loss	22,105	20
26	Sat Jan 14, 2017	Birmingham City	A	0-0	Draw	18,041	20
27	Sat Jan 21, 2017	Bristol City	H	1-0	Win	17,418	19	Osborn (67)
28	Wed Jan 25, 2017	Leeds United	A	0-2	Loss	24,838	19
29	Tue Jan 31, 2017	Rotherham United	H	2-0	Win	15,770	18	Assombalonga (50 pen, 71)
30	Sat Feb 04, 2017	Aston Villa	H	2-1	Win	19,866	15	Assombalonga (42 pen), Brereton (90)
31	Sat Feb 11, 2017	Norwich City	A	1-5	Loss	26,831	17	McCormack (75)
32	Tue Feb 14, 2017	Fulham	A	2-3	Loss	15,365	17	Kasami (2), Brereton (47)
33	Sat Feb 18, 2017	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-2	Loss	20,164	18	Osborn (60)
34	Sat Feb 25, 2017	Wigan Athletic	A	0-0	Draw	11,254	18
35	Sat Mar 04, 2017	Brighton And Hove Albion	H	3-0	Win	22,020	18	Clough (60, 90), Osborn (89)
36	Tue Mar 07, 2017	Brentford	H	2-3	Loss	16,903	18	Brereton (82), Clough (90)
37	Sat Mar 11, 2017	Burton Albion	A	0-1	Loss	-	19
38	Sat Mar 18, 2017	Derby County	H	2-2	Draw	26,665	20	Clough (5), Pinillos (90)
39	Sat Apr 01, 2017	Preston North End	A	1-1	Draw	12,459	20	Assombalonga (22)
40	Tue Apr 04, 2017	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	Loss	21,408	20
41	Sat Apr 08, 2017	Huddersfield Town	H	2-0	Win	20,411	19	Lichaj (32), Ward (57)
42	Fri Apr 14, 2017	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-1	Loss	26,279	20
43	Mon Apr 17, 2017	Cardiff City	A	0-1	Loss	16,413	21
44	Sat Apr 22, 2017	Reading	H	3-2	Win	-	20	Assombalonga (31, 47), Carayol (53)
45	Sat Apr 29, 2017	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-2	Loss	16,474	21
46	Sun May 07, 2017	Ipswich Town	H	3-0	Win	28,249	21	Assombalonga (43 pen, 69), Cohen (57)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 07, 2017	Wigan Athletic	3			A	0-2	Loss	5,163

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Aug 09, 2016	Doncaster Rovers	1	A	2-1	Win	5,160	Vaughan (11), Ward (90)
Tue Aug 23, 2016	Millwall	2	A	2-1	Win	4,009	Paterson (35), Veldwijk (87)
Tue Sep 20, 2016	Arsenal	3	H	0-4	Loss	28,567

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Jul 12, 2016	Millwall	England	A	2-1	Win	-	Blackstock (18), Burke (49)
Fri Jul 15, 2016	FC Braga	Portugal	A	3-0	Win	-	Lansbury (50), Iacovitti (74), Burke (85)
Tue Jul 19, 2016	Port Vale	England	A	2-0	Win	-	Mills (40), Assombalonga (55)
Sat Jul 30, 2016	Hull City	England	H	1-2	Loss	3,777	Burke (87)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jul 23, 2016	Notts County	England	A	2-1	Win	9,007	Osborn (57), Paterson (77)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (16)				Out (22)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Stephen Henderson	Bought			Dexter Blackstock	Released
Jun 01, 2016	Vladimir Stojkovic	Bought			Jamie Paterson	Sold
Jul 08, 2016	Thomas Lam	Bought			Lars Veldwijk	Loan Out
Jul 22, 2016	Damien Perquis	Bought			Lars Veldwijk	Released
Jul 29, 2016	Armand Traore	Bought		Aug 13, 2016	Dorus de Vries	Sold
Aug 03, 2016	Pajtim Kasami	Loan In		Aug 28, 2016	Oliver Burke	Sold	£13,000,000
Aug 30, 2016	Nicolao Dumitru	Loan In		Aug 30, 2016	Dimitar Evtimov	Loan out
Aug 31, 2016	Lica	Bought	£300,000	Aug 30, 2016	Gerry McDonagh	Loan out
Aug 31, 2016	Muzzy Carayol	Bought		Aug 30, 2016	Ryan Yates	Loan out
Sep 07, 2016	Nicklas Bendtner	Bought		Aug 30, 2016	Tim Erlandsson	Loan out
Jan 26, 2017	Hildeberto Pereira	Loan In		Aug 30, 2016	Tyler Walker	Loan out
Jan 26, 2017	Joao Teixeira	Loan In		Aug 31, 2016	Alex Iacovitti	Loan out
Jan 29, 2017	Aaron Tshibola	Loan In		Jan 15, 2017	Tyler Walker	Loan out
Jan 31, 2017	Gboly Ariyibi	Bought		Jan 17, 2017	Tim Erlandsson	Loan out
Jan 31, 2017	Ross McCormack	Loan In		Jan 20, 2017	Henri Lansbury	Sold	£2,750,000
Jan 31, 2017	Zach Clough	Bought		Jan 21, 2017	Gerry McDonagh	Loan out
				Jan 31, 2017	Jorge Grant	Loan out
				Jan 31, 2017	Ryan Yates	Loan out
				Mar 06, 2017	Nicklas Bendtner	Sold
				May 15, 2017	Daniel Pinillos	Released
				Jul 17, 2017	Britt Assombalonga	Sold	£15,000,000
				Jul 24, 2017	Damien Perquis	Released

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Tim Erlandsson											On loan to Barrow until January 13th; On loan to AFC Eskilstuna until the end of the season
GK	1	Dorus de Vries	1	1						1			Left to join Celtic on Aug 13
GK	26	Dimitar Evtimov										13	On loan to SC Olanense from August 30th until January 13th
GK	30	Stephen Henderson	15	8	1	6		1		1	1	15
GK	38	Vladimir Stojkovic	21	4	5	12		1				7	Joined from Maccabi Haifa at the end of August
GK	43	Jordan Smith	15	4	3	8					1	13
GK	48	Jordan Wright
D		Adam Crookes
D	2	Eric Lichaj	45	15	8	22	2	6	1	1	2	2	Player Of The Year
D	3	Daniel Pinillos	16	5	4	7	1			4	2		Released at the end of the season
D	5	Matt Mills	30	12	4	14	1	7	1	2	3	3
D	6	Armand Traore	13	4	2	7		2		4	3	4	Joined from Wolfsburg on September 7th
D	11	Ben Osborn	49	15	9	25	4	6		4	2
D	27	Damien Perquis	20	8	5	7	2	2	1	4	1	3
D	28	Thomas Lam	21	8	4	9	2	5	1	8	8	10
D	40	Alex Iacovitti	2	1		1		1		1		1	On loan to Mansfield from August 30th until January 13th
D	42	Joe Worrall	21	6	5	10		1		1		7
D	46	Jordan Gabriel
M		Aaron Tshibola	4	2		2		1		1	2	9	Joined on loan from Aston Villa on Jan 26th until the end of the season
M		Bojan Jokic
M		Deimantas Petravicius
M		Kelvin Wilson
M		Stephen McLaughlin
M	4	Michael Mancienne	30	11	5	14		3	1	4	4	6
M	10	Henri Lansbury	19	7	3	9	6	9			1	2	Sold to Aston Villa on January 20th
M	13	Danny Fox	23	6	5	12		7	1	4	1	5
M	17	Hildeberto Pereira	25	6	5	14	2	9	3	4	7	3	Was on loan from Benfica from Jan 26th until the end of the season
M	22	Pajtim Kasami	26	6	5	15	2	3		5	6	4	Was on loan from Olympiakos on Jan 26th until the end of the season
M	24	David Vaughan	33	10	6	17	1	3		3	6	7
M	25	Jack Hobbs	10	2	1	7		3		1		4
M	41	Matty Cash	30	12	5	13		4		4	11	7
M	44	Ryan Yates											On loan to Barrow until January 13th; On loan to Shrewsbury Town from Jan 31st for rest of season
M	48	Anel Ahmedhodzic	1			1					1	8
M	49	Toby Edser										3
F		Gerry McDonagh											On loan to Wrexham from August 30th until January 13th; On loan to Cambridge until the end of the season
F		Joao Teixeira										1	Was on loan from Benfica from Jan 26th until the end of the season
F	7	Matt Fryatt											Left on last day of the season
F	8	Chris Cohen	22	8	3	11	1	3		6		3
F	9	Britt Assombalonga	33	11	5	17	14			13	12		Left prior to the 2017-18 season to join Middlesbrough
F	12	Nicolao Dumitru	11		2	9	1	1		10	3	7	Was on loan from Napoli from Aug 30 until the end of the season
F	14	Lars Veldwijk	3	2		1	1				1	2	Left to join KV Kortrijk on August 30th
F	14	Nicklas Bendtner	17	4	3	10	2	1		9	8	2	Left to join Rosenberg on March 6th
F	16	Zach Clough	14	4	3	7	4			4	5	2	Signed from Bolton on January 31st
F	18	Muzzy Carayol	21	6	3	12	1			9	8	14	Bought from Middlesbrough on Aug 30 2016
F	19	Jamie Ward	19	9	1	9	2	5		13	4	3	On loan to Burton Albion from August 30th until January 20th
F	20	Lica	7		3	4		1		2	5	7	Joined from FC Porto on August 30th; Left to join Estoril on Jan 31st
F	21	Gboly Ariyibi
F	21	Jamie Paterson	3	2		1	1			1	1		Sold to Bristol City on August 27
F	23	Dexter Blackstock											Released on August 30
F	34	Tyler Walker											On loan to Stevenage from Aug 30th until Jan 13th; On loan to Port Vale from Jan 17th to end of season
F	35	Oliver Burke	7	5		2	4	1		2	2		Left to join Red Bull Leipzig on Aug 28th
F	37	Jorge Grant	6	2	1	3				3	2	17	On loan to Notts County from January 31st to end of season
F	39	Apostolos Vellios	30	8	7	15	6	5		4	17	12
F	45	Ben Brereton	18	6	3	9	3			6	5	3
F	47	James Thorne	1	1				1		1
F	50	Ross McCormack	6		1	5	1			1	3	2	Joined on loan from Aston Villa on January 31st

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
14	Britt Assombalonga	33
6	Apostolos Vellios	30
6	Henri Lansbury	19
4	Ben Osborn	49
4	Oliver Burke	7
4	Zach Clough	14
3	Ben Brereton	18
2	Damien Perquis	20
2	Eric Lichaj	45
2	Hildeberto Pereira	25
2	Jamie Ward	19
2	Nicklas Bendtner	17
2	Pajtim Kasami	26
2	Thomas Lam	21
1	Chris Cohen	22
1	Daniel Pinillos	16
1	David Vaughan	33
1	Jamie Paterson	3
1	Lars Veldwijk	3
1	Matt Mills	30
1	Muzzy Carayol	21
1	Nicolao Dumitru	11
1	Ross McCormack	6

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

2016-17

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Ipswich Town	Sat Nov 19, 2016	A	2-0	Sun May 07, 2017	H	3-0